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Dominika Tkaczyk
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Metadata matching 101: what is it and why do we need it?

At Crossref and ROR, we develop and run processes that match metadata at scale, creating relationships between millions of entities in the scholarly record. Over the last few years, we’ve spent a lot of time diving into details about metadata matching strategies, evaluation, and integration. It is quite possibly our favourite thing to talk and write about! But sometimes it is good to step back and look at the problem from a wider perspective.

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Patrick Polischuk
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Madhura Amdekar
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Integrity of the Scholarly Record (ISR): what do research institutions think?

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Adam Buttrick

Adam Buttrick

Metadata Curation Mgr, ROR

Biography

Adam is a librarian and developer based in Los Angeles, USA. He previously worked as a data developer for the Getty Conservation Institute, as an implementation manager for OCLC’s Metadata Services, and for the University of Michigan’s Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library. As metadata curation lead for the ROR project, Adam coordinates ongoing updates and improvements to the registry and works closely with ROR’s community curation advisory board.

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Metadata matching 101: what is it and why do we need it?

Dominika Tkaczyk, Thursday, May 16, 2024

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At Crossref and ROR, we develop and run processes that match metadata at scale, creating relationships between millions of entities in the scholarly record. Over the last few years, we’ve spent a lot of time diving into details about metadata matching strategies, evaluation, and integration. It is quite possibly our favourite thing to talk and write about! But sometimes it is good to step back and look at the problem from a wider perspective.

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